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Cashdax said: Hibike Euphonium will save Fall 2016 and fall 2016 is saving the year. There are 3 to 4 shows this fall I find really good (2 on paar with hibike even though they are very different (3-gatsu and Haikyuu!!)) and they are already all better than the "ok" feeling I've got from spring and summer seasons (winter was good though). |
| Finally there is a bit of space with regard to the cast, even if it is just a series of faces, it is vital to understand the audience, which is the collective focal point of the entire series, not just those few characters shown so far , in addition to music. I hope that in the future, be given more space to all those who are the supporting actors. Since also underline the fact that in this episode was not spared on performace scores, even if at the expense of the plot. somewhat predictable ending, even though the long wait has given still some thrills. Excellent script, and graphics quality. |
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| Fuck really, couldn't maybe the author of the LN a sequel LN-series make about? Because I'd Kumiko's and her friends in their whole Kitauji-time see, not just the 1 year where the plot spins....xD |
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| Excellent episode. You can definitely tell from the performance how hard these students have practiced playing their instruments. Even though I knew they were going to succeed, it was still great to hear them get called out and the way it was directed, I actually thought someone might end up making a mistake somewhere but that didn't happen. |
| I need sleep. |
| The visuals, the art, the animation, the attention to detail is on another level compared to everything else this season. It's clear that Kyoani actually cares about this show. |
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| Not my favorite episode tbh. The attention to detail was great but the way they jumped to the concert didn't me feel hyped??? I did love the whole "I will play for you." DEM YURI VIBES IN THAT SCENE Good episode tho. Attention to detail was great during the performance. And I love how far Yuuko has come. The last one min was very nice. |
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Just gonna leave this and log out. |
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lonelytree said: I was thinking that the whole time during the performance, "don't mess up...don't mess up...don't mess up." In fact when Asuka looked at Kumiko I thought Kumiko messed up or something.Excellent episode. You can definitely tell from the performance how hard these students have practiced playing their instruments. Even though I knew they were going to succeed, it was still great to hear them get called out and the way it was directed, I actually thought someone might end up making a mistake somewhere but that didn't happen. BTW, I could tell a huge the difference in the performance between this and the season 1, especially with the oboe (Mizore). |
| What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about? |
| Oh who would guess?! They going for nationals. Alterantive ending: they fail - end of s2. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| A splendid performance. The teasers featuring Reina and Kumiko were also delicious. |
| Perfect episode since the first one. I'm glad the music is back to the core of the series. Don't get me wrong, I did not dislike the whole Mizore drama but I felt that the training camp went to a secondary place instead of being the main point of 2-3-4 episodes. Didn't feel the training camp to actually matter because everything was fast and the whole Mizore arc happened. I have listened to Horie Namikawa's piece far too many times but this one was from another level. I kind of expected still frames, but KyoAni doesn't care, they just animate. I would have just liked to see the whole 'effect' of the training camp, because they are going to Nationals now. Really happy for these girls |
| "Manga readers are annoying, all they do is complain or spoil the anime we discuss in an anime forum. They should really do their whining at manga forums." Stolen from Janethan23. Add in visual novel readers too |
| I never thought in this episode they would perform. .___. |
FrozenRaider said: Oh who would guess?! They going for nationals. Alterantive ending: they fail - end of s2. Not really. I was half-expecting they'd throw a curve ball and make them fail. More drama ensues until they are finally ready to move on and prepare for next year's competition. I mean the main casts are still first years anyway so that's possible. They'd just do away with Asuka and finally qualify under Yukko's leadership next season. |
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| Kyoani managed to make the performance gripping. Reina and Mizore aced their solos and it was a nice touch to show Kumiko smoothly play the section she was struggling with before. It was cool the way she and Asuka exchanged glances just after that part. Also the cut-away shots to the girls waiting back stage and how tense they were, especially Hazuki. |
| Wow. Being in high school band myself, the attention to detail for the animation blew me away. They just recorded every instrument and player and then animated it: from the euphonium fingering after the trumpet solo, the bells (chimes), xylophone, the timpani crescendo's, the snare roll entrance at the end, but most of all the woodwind fingering's- for the flute and oboe trills especially. Felt like I was in band again. The thing that makes this anime so different is the recording and mixing of the instruments. You can hear everything except probably the brass valves and woodwind pads hitting the instruments. It's like you're sitting among the players playing with them. It's not the kinda sound you would pick up in the audience, sitting in the audience seats. I felt like one of the best parts besides after those solo's was that silence right when you heard Taka-sensei breath in. Was such a nice convincing touch that really sucked you into those seconds before you played. Pun intended. Aside form that, the juxtaposition of their hardwork, memories during the solo but especially that oboe solo just got me so emotional. The girls sitting in the back peeking out the curtain and praying just really conveyed that feeling of hope and desire to win. Probably the only thing I'd say could've been more accurate was the conducting from a farther distance away- and probably the way musicians move their upper torso's as they musically phrase things. Probalby the best example of that was the timpani player, the way she sort of leaned into her drums as she crescendo'ed. How they gonna beat this episode? Felt like the end of the season. xD They taking it all the way to nationals by the time it ends? =o Oh. And this: MozillaFennekin said: Ditto my friend. I felt like it was christmas getting to see the whole song played in full with no words whatsoever. I mean, after all that hard work, you can't cut any part of the song. It's so gratifying.Man, you know how to keep me on the edge of my seat? Just show a 10-minute performance and shut the fuck up. No inner monologues giving you a recap, just some small visual cues. Great job, KyoAni. |
| THIS is Fall 2016 savior. Their performance was really breathtaking, especially when Asuka glanced at Kumiko many times and when Kumiko looked spaced out, I thought they were failing! So tense!! |
| This was a very good episode. Loved the performance sequence (sound and visual wise), showing everyone's music scribbled all over and covered up with pictures of their friends. What a great way to show the bonds these students have forged through their shared experience in music. Also, when you enjoy what you play, you get to know your music by heart. Having the music on paper becomes a formality. And that oboe solo really stood out (could've sworn someone was chopping onions in my apartment). Major props to the likely-to-remain-unknown musician who delivered that wonderful performance. |
| fuking kyoani boys beautiful |
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zeroj said: The whole band camp went way to fast. I would have loved to have seen a lot more interactions, band camp traditions being created, some romance happening, even to hear the sectionals. Don't go the way of "American Pie", but there could have been a lot of stories, even if they had created a couple filler episodes to show it. The only disappointment about this season so far, but a minor one I can overlook.Don't get me wrong, I did not dislike the whole Mizore drama but I felt that the training camp went to a secondary place instead of being the main point of 2-3-4 episodes. Didn't feel the training camp to actually matter because everything was fast and the whole Mizore arc happened. |
Dodecahedron-O24Nov 4, 2016 5:29 AM
| What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about? |
MozillaFennekin said: Man, you know how to keep me on the edge of my seat? Just show a 10-minute performance and shut the fuck up. No inner monologues giving you a recap, just some small visual cues. Great job, KyoAni. this, I was so worried someone would start talking during the performance |
| Up till now this was my highlight episode of this anime. It looked really good and the fime flew by like nothing. Im curious why they decided to put the most emotional and most important part of the episode right at the end - even after the ending. Some people might have turned the episode off by then "oh, its the ending, guess the episode was good", but then missed the best part. |
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| Hibike! Euphonium Season 2 - Episode 6 : |
| really good performance, love it. listening to a trumpets orchestra it's not something i lesson every day. As a former music student when i listen to a concert performance i get chills in my back. Knowing all the tension and feelings when you get on a stage with a theater full of people. it's funny how an anime can bring up those feelings |
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| It's been a while since an anime last made me cry with the characters. |
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| "tomorrow is the Kansai Competition" Oh... Wait, what!? I never thought it will move this fast. The performance, seriously, when that trumpet solo start, it really got me right in the feel, and right after that solo quite make me remember my best friend, and almost shed a tear. I never understand music, but I'm pretty sure this is very good. Really love this episode, it is really good at expressing their feeling, through music of course. easy 5/5 from me. |
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| kyoani have gotten better, never thought it could be possible. |
| -Hashimoto's speech and Mizore's response to it were both adorable -Kinda interesting how close Azusa and Kumiko still seem to be -It's already competition day and it had less of an atmosphere set up for it before competition day that the prelims had in the previous season -But maybe that was just because I marathoned the last season and watched this season as it was released -It actually looks like they did all the atmosphere-setting was done in the backstage segments -How do they read their music with all those pictures pasted in there -They showed a bunch of musical fingerings during the performance itself, and they seemed to be pretty accurate. -Man I couldn't stop pausing during the awards ceremony. The atmosphere was pretty real when it came to that. This episode was mostly focused on making the sound production and performance visuals the best they could, rather than developing character relationships, which is totally fine. The musicality of this show is probably my favorite thing about the show, and they totally nailed the atmosphere during the awards ceremony. I still think that the atmosphere of the Kansai concert had less riding on it than the preliminaries, actually. In the first season, the Kitauji band was mostly a ragtag group of musicians that showed up with no track record and a bunch of dedication to improving, and the regionals were their first real opportunity to prove themselves. I guess the Kansai competition is just themselves making more of a name of themselves. Not to say I didn't like their Kansai performance, though. Reina's solo and the euphonium soli were reminders of how the band as a whole had progressed within the last season, and Mizore's solo served as an indicator of how the band has progressed within this season. The parting speeches of Niiyama-sensei and Hashimoto-sensei also accomplished the latter, so I guess it was an effective progress check. TL;DR, Performance was fine, but the performance at the end of S1 made more of an impact on me |
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| I'm so glad KyoAni animated the performance without any dialogue over it, nor cuts. This is what I wanted for ep 13 of last season. I guess they waited till now to go all-out! xD |
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| I feel like they skipped a ridiculous amount of time between the last episode and now. Still, I was complaining last week about how this season is near unrecognizable due to the amount of drama and the lack of music, so I am glad I was served a massive, satisfying helping of music this week. |
| The yuri teasing is real. The music is beautiful. KyoAni is redeeming themselves. Like holy shit man. That was like half an episode of pure music. Beautifully pleasant to the ears too. |
| This my friend is an art. You literally can screenshoot any scene and you'll always get a beautiful wallpaper. KyoAni shows us their supreme animation-coloring including such an amazing lighting works. They paid attention to the tinniest touch, precision and such, as if this episode were a movie. Combined with such a beautiful music? Gg |
WilhelminaNov 5, 2016 5:49 PM
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| Fantastic episode with amazing animation and music. Not surprised they made it to nationals. |
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| So shiny!! XD Seriously though, I absolutely love how much detail went into the fingering during the performance. I'm glad they played the whole song. I wonder how they'll end this series if THAT was just episode 5. |
| Best episode for this season so far... that performance was intense and just gave me goosebumps. The 10 minute performance was really enjoyable. Loved the Kumiko X Reina moments this episode, and Taki-sensei looked awesome as well! 5/5 AMAZING EPISODE KYOANI |
| Reina's solo made me tear up, and the moment of Kumiko having flashbacks of Reina ;---; |
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| I can't wait for the OST to come out. |
| Wow another stunning episode. I think the animation was as good in this episode as it's been all season, particularly in the band's performance scene. I'm curious what plots and characters the show might utilize going forward as it seems to have concluded most of the ones it had set forth in the first half of the season like oboe and clarinets reunion and the two assistant teachers who bid their farewells in this episode. Kumiko and Reina are so cute together I hope this show really goes full yuri (which at this point it almost seems silly it hasn't), Reina dedicating her solo to Kumiko made me smile. |
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Tyordiznok said: can anyone explain why there are multiple Gold medals? I'm sure it's based on score level, so let's say it's based on a 100 scale 90> gold 80>silver 70>bronze 69< nothin This is a rough guess and I'm sure it's actually based on the highest score a school got. And basically the three top scoring schools move on to represent their regions |
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| A little quick but outside of that perfect, I'm giving out the first episode 10 of the year. Sounds trite but I think this reignited my love for HE From the first season on the 'yuribait', actually the close conv.s between Kumiko and Reina are sooo well written. Delicate, tense and so gripping |
| Episode 5 made me happy. The competition was very entrancing. Great main character too, I must add. The animation feels really well made. Hope the cast can make it to the end. |
| can dis sig fit |
| Wow. They didn't end it on a cliff hanger. I have to say I'm surprised, Well on the other hand it would have been weird if they didn't get the spot. |
jlvyn14 said: Correct, the results are ratings, not rankings. It's only based on their perforance, not how they did compared to everyone else. If you remember from season 1they talked about the "fake gold". The school gets a gold rating but aren't allowed move on to the next level of competition.Tyordiznok said: can anyone explain why there are multiple Gold medals? I'm sure it's based on score level, so let's say it's based on a 100 scale 90> gold 80>silver 70>bronze 69< nothin This is a rough guess and I'm sure it's actually based on the highest score a school got. And basically the three top scoring schools move on to represent their regions I was trying to search on Bing about how the Japanese rate their concert band performances vs. the US. I know in Michigan with the MSBOA you get a rating of I, II or III. If you get a rating of a I at the regional, you move on to state and get rated again. The difference is we had our two pieces and then we are given a piece to sight read as part of our rating. |
Dodecahedron-O24Nov 6, 2016 11:55 AM
| What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about? |
| Another stunning episode. KyoAni is really getting this one right. |
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